Kim Dae Jung Must Not Die

A man sentenced to death stands with his people before history

Kim Dae Jung, who stands next to people in the middle of caotic history! A young businessman Kim Dae Jung recognized the victims of ideology. He decided to be a politician to make his country where people's politic and democracy are rooted. The price of being leave from a guaranteed future and take the first step on a bumby road was kidnapping, death threats, imprisonment, and a death sentence that shook him to the core, but even in his final moments, when he was sentenced to death, Kim never wavered. "Democracy will be recovered. I believe in it." The life of President Kim Dae-jung, a death row inmate who survived from the throes of death, four parliamentary elections, and three unsuccessful presidential campaigns, is etched into the modern history of South Korea.

Cast

Kim Dae-jung

Self (archive footage)

Jang Hyun-sung

Narrator / Kim Dae-jung (voice)

Jeon So-hyun

Lee Hee-ho (voice)

Kim Do-young

Reenactor

Kim Jae-rok

Reenactor

Seo Suk-kyu

Reenactor

Kim Nam-hee

Reenactor

Choi Nak-yong

Reenactor

Kang Won-yong

Self (archive footage)

Kwon No-gab

Self

Kim Sang-hyun

Self (archive footage)

Kim Sung-jae

Self